Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-20 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 19, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: On 11/19/2012 05:13 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: I asked for the 3D models of the buttons so I can print them out with the text a different color than the button, along with color coding the buttons. If anyone wants some buttons printed, just let

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-20 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 19, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: Hmm.., I digged a bit deeper in the text and vid's. It's a shame the button text is moulded with the buttons. To me homing should be made once at startup. It seems he's using homing when it should be a touch off. I'll ask him about it. Did

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-19 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 9, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: 2012/11/9 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com 2012/11/9 Bruce Layne linux...@thinkingdevices.com On 11/09/2012 02:59 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: Looks like a good idea. The eBay versions seems more rugged though. I had the opposite

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-19 Thread Bruce Layne
On 11/19/2012 05:13 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: I asked for the 3D models of the buttons so I can print them out with the text a different color than the button, along with color coding the buttons. If anyone wants some buttons printed, just let me know and I can do it for the cost of

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
Hmm.., I digged a bit deeper in the text and vid's. It's a shame the button text is moulded with the buttons. To me homing should be made once at startup. It seems he's using homing when it should be a touch off. I'll ask him about it. Did he reply? I went ahead and ordered one

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-17 Thread Sven Wesley
Look what I found outside my office the other day. The second guy has the radio control. http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenneduva/8188102690/in/photostream/lightbox/ 2012/11/10 Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com On Friday 09 November 2012 18:45:02 Sven Wesley did opine: 2012/11/9 Jason Burton

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-17 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 11/17/2012 2:46 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: Look what I found outside my office the other day. The second guy has the radio control. http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenneduva/8188102690/in/photostream/lightbox/ And the guy closest to the pile is, what, the hearing-protection tester? :-) Regards,

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-17 Thread Sven Wesley
And the guy closest to the pile is, what, the hearing-protection tester? :-) Regards, Kent He's at least the guy doing the shitty work. ;) Wasn't that noisy at the time though. But he's probably deaf already so i think ear plugs doesn't matter. :D

[Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Sven Wesley
Guys, I need a better pendant and there was a discussion about those fancy Chinese pendants a while ago but I can't find any successful end result. Did anyone make a pendant like similar: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Business-Office-Industrial-/12576/i.html?_from=R40_nkw=wireless+pendant or the El

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 November 2012 13:02, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Business-Office-Industrial-/12576/i.html?_from=R40_nkw=wireless+pendant If so, I'm the second to test it. :) I think you might actually be the first :-) Googling seems to suggest that it is a close

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Bruce Layne
That wireless MPG looks pretty good. I had seen similar devices before, but was always scared away by the fact that they seemed to be made exclusively for Mach 3, and there was no apparent LinuxCNC support. I know it's not what Sven was wanting, but I've been using the inexpensive, small and

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Jason Burton
Not wireless, but check out Jog It! on kickstarter. A little over a week left. Jason (No other involvement other than as a backer) On Nov 9, 2012 7:05 AM, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, I need a better pendant and there was a discussion about those fancy Chinese pendants a

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Sven Wesley
2012/11/9 Jason Burton lathebuil...@gmail.com Not wireless, but check out Jog It! on kickstarter. A little over a week left. Looks like a good idea. The eBay versions seems more rugged though. It actually started when I discussed with my vendor about my recent discussion (about performance)

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Bruce Layne
On 11/09/2012 02:59 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: Looks like a good idea. The eBay versions seems more rugged though. I had the opposite impression. I thought the Jog It looked a bit home made, but very rugged. In one of the videos, when the Jog It is placed onto a table, it made a substantial

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Sven Wesley
2012/11/9 Bruce Layne linux...@thinkingdevices.com On 11/09/2012 02:59 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: Looks like a good idea. The eBay versions seems more rugged though. I had the opposite impression. I thought the Jog It looked a bit home made, but very rugged. In one of the videos, when the

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Sven Wesley
2012/11/9 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com 2012/11/9 Bruce Layne linux...@thinkingdevices.com On 11/09/2012 02:59 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: Looks like a good idea. The eBay versions seems more rugged though. I had the opposite impression. I thought the Jog It looked a bit home made,

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Jason Burton
On Nov 9, 2012 2:03 PM, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/11/9 Jason Burton lathebuil...@gmail.com Not wireless, but check out Jog It! on kickstarter. A little over a week left. Looks like a good idea. The eBay versions seems more rugged though. It actually started when I

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Sven Wesley
2012/11/9 Jason Burton lathebuil...@gmail.com As someone who designs automation cells and tooling for robots and machine tools easily big enough to kill you, wireless pendants would freak me out for safety reasons. I spec wireless sensors for tooling pretty regularly. That said, I only

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Jason Burton
On Nov 9, 2012 4:23 PM, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/11/9 Jason Burton lathebuil...@gmail.com As someone who designs automation cells and tooling for robots and machine tools easily big enough to kill you, wireless pendants would freak me out for safety reasons. I

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread doug metzler
I'm not worried about wireless though, truck cranes and construction cranes have been wireless for ages. /S Does anyone know what protocol the construction crane wireless devices use and if they use an off the shelf wireless module? Thanks, DougM On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Jason

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Sven Wesley
That's cool. I bet their wireless protocols are rigorously tested. Do they allow payload dropping for overhead loads via wireless? I'm not sure I understand the question, but if you mean lifting goods over objects or people that's happening all the time. First wireless controlled truck

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Sven Wesley
2012/11/10 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com That's cool. I bet their wireless protocols are rigorously tested. Do they allow payload dropping for overhead loads via wireless? I'm not sure I understand the question, but if you mean lifting goods over objects or people that's happening all

Re: [Emc-users] Wireless pendant

2012-11-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 09 November 2012 18:45:02 Sven Wesley did opine: 2012/11/9 Jason Burton lathebuil...@gmail.com As someone who designs automation cells and tooling for robots and machine tools easily big enough to kill you, wireless pendants would freak me out for safety reasons. I spec